A former reserve deputy constable who served for a Texas border county is in custody for transporting three illegal aliens across the border last week in his personal vehicle.

Luis Enrique Guevara, a former deputy with the Cameron County Constable’s Office Precinct 1, was arrested by agents with the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Thursday after he was pulled over in his black Nissan Pathfinder by officers with the Robstown Police Department, according to Breitbart Texas.

KGBT pointed out there were three male passengers in the vehicle at the time of Guevara’s arrest claiming to be from Mexico. Upon further investigation, however, it was discovered they were from Guatemala and entered the United States illegally.

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Guevara told the officers he was formerly a narcotics investigator in Los Fresnos, but had not worked for that department since 1999. KRGV details what led to Guevara’s downfall:

During his arrest Thursday, Guevara eventually admitted he was knowingly smuggling illegal immigrants. He said he had picked them up at a Wal-Mart in Harlingen and that he had smuggled illegal immigrants several times before, he said he got paid $2,500 a head. He said both he and his brother smuggled illegal immigrants and that his brother was a peace officer as well.

“He’s a well-known person here in this area, in Port Isabel. I was in shock and disappointed about it, and we just don’t tolerate that. We’re here to serve the community, and when you wear that uniform, we want our officers to respect the people and the people to respect us,” said Cameron County Constable Pedro Delgadillo, the officer who fired Guevara shortly after the arrest.

Guevara reportedly smuggled the latest three passengers through a security checkpoint after having them hide between the seats of his Nissan Pathfinder. He also worked for three months in the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office until 2001, according to KGBT.